1. Installing JDK latest version: Go to the following link, http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp Choose the platform and language option.

Platform: Windows Language: Multilanguage Download the latest version of JDK (right now 6.0 is the latest version) Install Java. Checking the java installation: Go to command prompt and type javac. If it successfully installed, you will be getting the information about the java.

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See the java home and path in the system properties: Click on Start Right Click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab. Click on Environment Variables Click New and Set JAVA_HOME=C:\jdk1.5.0_08 Set PATH=%JAVA_HOME%\bin;

2. Download the selenium Remote control from the following link http://selenium-rc.openqa.org/download.jsp Extract the Selenium remote and paste in any directory (For convenience) Open the selenium Remote control folder; you will be having the different client drivers.

Add the Selenium directory to your environment path: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Click on Start Right Click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab. Click on Environment Variables On the upper half there should be a Variable named PATH Double click on it, and add this value at the end of what is already in Variable value ;D:\selenium-remote-control-1.0.3\selenium-server1.0.3\selenium-server.jar; Now you have finished setting up the environment, the next step is to run a few selenium commands. Once you've got Java installed and ready to go, you can start the Selenium Server from the command line like this: java -jar selenium-server.jar interactive Create a batch file(.bat) to start server using the following script:

Edit the script to work>>> pause D: cd Program Files cd selenium-remote-control-1.0.3 cd selenium-server-1.0.3 java -jar selenium-server.jar -interactive Selenium Server starts and allows you to type commands in the command window. After a number of log messages, you should see the following message: Entering interactive mode... type Selenium commands here (e.g: cmd=open&1=http://www.yahoo.com)